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Chapter VII Rural Soldiers

"It's all for me to stand up! The Futai Lord will review the camp soldiers and village soldiers later. I don't expect you to be the same as the camp soldiers, but don't be like a woman. I can't afford to lose that person!"

Qin Gongming walked quickly past rows of village warriors and scolded him sternly.

As the general of the training regiment of the Lianghuai Regiment, Qin Gongming was still very prestigious among these rural soldiers.

After being scolded by him, these rural soldiers hung their heads like eggplants made from frost and did not dare to look at him.

Seeing this scene, Qin Gongming sighed in his heart.

Of course, he knew that there could not be too many of these rural brave men. After all, these people were just farmers waving hoes in the fields half a year ago. They were able to assemble into an army in a short period of time and understand the basic orders.

But now the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is invading the rebellion and besieging Shenjing. The Donglu covet Shanhaiguan and there is no time for them to train slowly.

If the traitors and Tartars really come to Huai'an, these rural soldiers will take up the weapons in their hands to protect themselves and their families.

"Donkey ball!"

Qin Gongming cursed and continued to walk forward.

The huge new city is now full of village soldiers, like a large schoolyard.

But the military appearance was really not very good. The village soldiers were wearing all kinds of clothes, holding wooden sticks and hoes, and only a few had knives in their hands.

"Governor is here!"

Qin Gongming was stunned when he heard the announcement, and then he reacted and walked quickly towards the camp gate.

Before he could reach the camp gate, the governor Lu Zhenfei surrounded by his own soldiers and came to Qin Gongming.

Qin Gongming wanted to kneel down and bow, but Lu Zhenfei quickly helped him and said with a smile: "Yuan Yi doesn't have to be too polite. I am here to see how the village soldiers train."

Qin Gongming immediately showed a look of shame on his face and sighed: "The official is ashamed of the trust of the Lord Futai. These donkey balls are not focused on training, and now they can only barely form an array."

Lu Zhenfei coughed, waved his hand and said, "It's not a day to practice military affairs, take your time."

Qin Gongming quickly welcomed Lu Zhenfei to a school stage to give a lecture, and accidentally caught a glimpse of a young man in fine clothes standing beside Lu Zhenfei.

The young man looked very handsome. Qin Gongming and Lu Zhenfei also had an old acquaintance, but they had never seen each other before.

He couldn't help but feel confused and asked in a low voice: "Dare you ask, who is this young man?"

Lu Zhenfei's face changed and he looked at Zhu Cilang. Zhu Cilang nodded gently, and then he said softly: "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty."

His voice was extremely low, so almost no one could hear it except Qin Gongming beside him.

Qin Gongming's expression stopped and then he was about to kneel down to salute.

Lu Zhenfei hurriedly held him up.

"Your Highness doesn't want too many people to know that he is in Huai'an."

Qin Gongming nodded, took a deep breath and tried to calm down his mood.

Why did His Royal Highness suddenly appear in Huai'an? Isn't Shenjing now surrounded by thieves?

A series of questions appeared in Qin Gongming's mind, but he also knew that it was not the time to ask questions, so he stood by with his hands down.

Zhu Cilang stood on the school platform and narrowed his eyes slightly, observing the 20,000 rural soldiers.

In his opinion, although these rural soldiers were not in a state of disguise, they could at least be considered soldiers, which was better than those military households in the late Ming Dynasty.

He was still a little disappointed. Originally, he wanted to take over the 20,000 rural soldiers as his own guards. But now it seems that even if he takes over the rural soldiers, they must be trained strictly. Otherwise, such an army would collapse if it hit the battlefield.

Governor Lu said another word of encouragement, and with Zhu Cilang and Qin Gongming, he left the township camp and headed to the Xincheng General Office.

Most of the official offices in Huai'an are in the old city, but only the official offices of the General of the Regiment are located in the new city.

The governor Lu simply waved his hand and placed all the 20,000 rural soldiers in the new city. In this Huai'an new city, except for these 20,000 rural soldiers, there were only a few dozen merchants and no other households.

Therefore, Huai'an New City is more like a garrison gate city, but the scale is much larger.

The General's Office of the Regiment Training General is a three-entry courtyard, not very large.

As soon as I entered the outer courtyard, I was the place where Qin Gongming worked. When I entered the hall, Zhu Cilang naturally walked to the top and sat down.

Seeing Lu Zhenfei and Qin Gongming still standing, Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Governor Lu, General Qin quickly sit down, I have important matters to discuss with you."

Lu Zhenfei and Qin Gongming looked at each other and then sat down, but only half of the butt was fixed, and most of them were hanging in the air. It was no exaggeration to describe it as trembling.

Zhu Cixuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said in an extremely gentle voice: "It is a blessing for the country to train such a rural soldier by Haoyue and General Qin."

Qin Gongming immediately turned red and said ashamed: "Your Highness is a mistake. These donkey balls can only barely defend the city now. It is probably impossible to ask them to go into battle to kill the enemy."

Zhu Cixuan had heard Lu Zhenfei mention Qin Yuanyi before. Seeing the heroic spirit of this life, he felt a faint sense of a general, so he asked more: "General Qin thought he could train them to kill the enemy?"

Qin Gongming said without hesitation: "Of course I am training into the Sichuan Army."

Sichuan Army...

Zhu Cilang's heart moved. He was a professor of Ming Shi, so he naturally knew the weight of the word "Chuan Army".

If the combat effectiveness of the army in the late Ming Dynasty was ranked, the Zhejiang soldiers trained by the Sichuan Army and Qi Jiguang could be ranked in the top two, and the third was the Tianxiong Army led by Lu Xiangsheng. In addition to the Qin Army, the remaining troops had limited combat power.

Qin Yuanyi also has a surname of Qin. Could it be that he is also a general of the Sichuan Army?

"Do General Qin know Mrs. Qin's method of training?"

When the three words "Madam Qin" were mentioned at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was naturally Qin Liangyu.

Qin Gongming patted his chest and said, "Mrs. Qin is my aunt."

Zhu Cilang was stunned for a moment.

He knew that Qin Liangyu had two brothers, one younger brother. Qin Liangyu's brother Qin Bangping and Qin Banghan were both killed in the bloody battle of Hunhe in the first year of Tianqi. Qin Liangyu's younger brother Qin Minping was also killed in the fourth year of Tianqi to quell the "She'an Rebellion", which was a loyal and martyr.

As for Qin Liangyu's nephew, Zhu Cilang knew about Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming, Qin Zuoming, Qin Zuoming. Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming were both sons of Qin Bangping. Among them, Qin Yiming was appointed as the general and was granted the title of Wei Yuanbo. In the original history, in the 16th year of Shunzhi, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Ma Wannian. Qin Gongming also became the general and died in the quelling of Shapu Rebellion. Qin Zuoming and Qin Zuoming were both sons of Qin Minping, and they all became the generals.

Zhu Cilang doesn't remember Qin Liangyu had a nephew named Qin Yuanyi.

Seeing that Zhu Cilang was a little confused, Qin Gongming explained: "My father is Qin Bangping, the assistant secretary of the Dusi."

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